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    Technical Patterns Breakout Page 3

    Precious Metals in the Spotlight

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:05/01/2014
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments/Support / Resistance

    Silver is sitting on long-term support, with good potential downside below. There are a few things to think about here: First, this will not be a clean or easy trade;…

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    Interesting Technical Pattern

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:04/29/2014
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments/Support / Resistance

    [dc]C[/dc]urrencies have been difficult technical trading for the past several quarters. This is partly due to the nature of currencies—though there is a lot of TA lore about currencies trending…

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    Chart of the Day: Loonie Breakout

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/07/2014
    • Post category:Breakout/Chart of the Day

    No, not a "loony" crazy breakout, a breakout in the Canadian dollar (also called the loonie!) The chart above is of the USD/CAD, so up on this chart is down…

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    Chart of the Day: Japan

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/07/2014
    • Post category:Breakout/Chart of the Day

    Japan shows a clear pattern of higher lows holding into a ~9 month long resistance area. This is a pattern that often sets up a breakout, but in this case…

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    Chart of the Day: Failed Breakout in EURUSD

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/19/2013
    • Post category:Breakout/Chart of the Day/Psychology

    Systematic traders have a perennial debate: how much or how little to intervene in your system's rules? There are a range of acceptable solutions, but the key is to be…

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    Chart of the Day: Natural Gas

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/12/2013
    • Post category:Breakout/Chart of the Day/Individual Traders/Institutional Managers/Traders

    [dc]I[/dc]f you are a discretionary trader, you might also consider using some trading systems. In my published research, I publish three types of trades: purely discretionary trades (on both weekly…

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    Trading the Unexpected

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:10/31/2013
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments/Individual Traders/Institutional Managers/Traders/Volatility

    A pattern in volatility can sometimes give a directional tilt to the market, but, more importantly, how do we know when a trade is wrong and what do we do about it?

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    Chart of the Day: Moving Stops with Confirmation

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/12/2012
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments

    Too many times, when people talk about "trading patterns" they are focusing on entry patterns. Yes, it is important to have patterns that show a positive expectancy, but the decisions…

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    Chart of the Day: AAPL

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/05/2012
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments/Volatility

    Volatility contraction sets the stage for a selloff.

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    Chart of the Day: Gold

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/05/2012
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments

    [dc]T[/dc]echnically speaking, the chart of Gold is complicated and unclear. To recap: the second half of 2011 saw a sharp collapse in prices. This selloff found support around 1600 (1,550…

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    Chart of the Day: Long-term S&P 500 Bias

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:09/10/2012
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments/Volatility

    Today's chart of the day will be a little different. Take a look at this table which shows 2 week, 1, 3, 6, and 12 month returns for every trading…

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    Chart of the Day: Breakout in the S&P 500

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:09/07/2012
    • Post category:Breakout/Failure Test/General Comments/Pullback/Volatility

    One of the tools I use to evaluate market action is the standard deviation spike, which expresses each day's return a standard deviation of the previous 20 trading days. (This…

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    Chart of the Day: HAIN

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/29/2012
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments

    Long-time market leader consistently outperforming broad market, sector and peers. Check. Positive earnings surprise. Check. Several days of tight consolidation at highs. Check. This is an excellent technical setup to…

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    Chart of the Day: Potential Failure Test in Beans

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/21/2012
    • Post category:Breakout/Failure Test/General Comments

    The most important levels in markets are those that are clearly visible to all market participants. The July pivot high in Soybeans is a good example of an important level…

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    Chart of the Day: Volatility Contraction in Soybeans

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/17/2012
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments/Volatility

    Volatility contraction is an important element of market action. Essentially, when a market has been quiet for a period of time, there is a higher chance of breakout trades working,…

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    Reader question: Range or Flag in the AUDJPY?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/16/2012
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments/Individual Traders/Pullback/Readers Questions/Support / Resistance

    Reader Greg asks this question: [dc]R[/dc]egarding your Chart of the day: Bullish Pattern in Aud/Jpy, which as you predicted broke out to the upside. My question is simple...why did you…

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